Cover for preserving jars



.l. H. PAIGE.

COVER FOR PRESERV ING JARS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.25I I920.

1,425,2g1g, Patgnted Au 8, 19225.

JAMES'H. PAIGE, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

, COVER FOR PRESERVING JARS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgntgd A 1922 Application filed August 25, 1920. Serial no, 406,0 13.

T 0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JAMEs H. PAIGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manchester, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Preserving Jars, of which the following is a specification.

Glass covers for glass fruit jars as at present furnished to the trade have several defects. Glass jars and covers are molded and as accuracy is impossible, allowance'as to dimensions is made, for otherwise many of such covers would not'fit the jar. This necessary ov ersize results in manyv of the 'covers being so loose on the mouth of the:

jar that they can shift laterally across the mouth until the inner or upright wall of the cover strikes the extreme upper part of the jar around which the usual rubber gasket is placed.

Consequently the ordinary glass cover for a fruit jar permits the gasket to distort or squash so that imperfect or unsatisfactory sealing results. The ordinary cover also requires much patience and great effort to effect its removal, after sealing, and the unsealing frequently results in chipping, splitting, splintering or cracking of the cover and mouth of the jar, which destroys their usefulness and also may necessitate the loss of the contents of the jar.

My object is to overcome the foregoing and other defectsinhering in preserving ar covers as at present known to the art.

My improvements comprise an inner annular ridge adapted to rest upon and seal the gasket, and an outer marginal part or edge on the cover which may be either annular or provided with notched portions, located in a plane below the inner annular ridge and arranged to overhang the mouth of the jar. The sealing is effected entirely by the inner annular ridge; the overhanging, lower peripheral part of the cover serves as an abutment to prevent lateral displacement of the cover and gasket and hence does away entirely with the squashing action hereinbefore referred to. Furthermore, the outer or peripheral portion of the cover enables the latter to be easily loosened from a jar which has been sealed and entirely obviates all danger of cracking, splintering, chipping or otherwise injuring either the jar or the cover.

A modification of the cover wherein parts of the peripheral portion are omitted, enables theperson'sealingthe jar to engage her thuinb with "the wire, binding lever or the 1 like, when pressing the same downwardly in the operation of sealing.

lily invention has the further advantage.

that inasmuchas lateral displacement of the rubber gasket is prevented by reason ofthe improved form of the cover, there may be used a narrower gasket than is at present employed, thus lessening the expense for gaskets.

scribed,"so long asthe essentialprinciple is employed in whatever form the invention may assume.

flu; the accompanying drawings Fi'gure li s an elevation, partly in section;

Fig. 2 a bottomplan viewof the cover;

- Fig 3 a top plan view of the jar; gig. 4c a top plan view of a modification; an

Fig. 5 a side elevation thereof.

An ordinary jar, such as is commonly used for preserving, is shown at 1, the same being provided with a mouth 2 surrounded by 1ledge or channel 3 for supporting the gas- :et 4:.

My invention enables a. gasket to be used which is considerably narrower than the gasket commonly employed on preserving jars, thus saving in the aggregate considerable expense.

Any ordinary or preferred bail 5 and operating member 6 may be employed.

The cover 7 is provided with a ridge 8 with a central depression 9 of the usual form. On its under side the cover has an annular ridge 10 which is adapted to telescope over the mouth of the jar and to bear on the gasket. The outer edge or peripheral portion of the cover is in the form of a bead 11 which is located in a plane lower than that of the annular ridge or corrugation 10 and said bead is also located beyond the neck of the jar. As a result of this construction there exists an annular space or groove 12 when the cover is in position and the jar is sealed, enabling a fork, knife or any ordinary culinary implement to be readily introduced for the purpose of releasing the cover when the jar is to be opened. When the cover is locked in position the inner annular ridge presses firmly against the gasket '4:

and the outer orsperipheral "bead-11 serves as an abutment for the gasket and thus prevents lateral shifting of the coi er 'and hence does away entirely With the distortion of the gasket and the squashing actionhereinbefore referred to. The result isa perfect seal and yet the cover can be'quiekly and.

easily ren oved merely introducing any st ableifiiplement suchla's a knife fork, bnor the likegin thelspace' 1'2 and by ex rtingja slight: prying'action;

the distortion oft-he "gasket dueto 'the lati il i i 16 th avert, r w r gask'et than thos e mmo lyfem lo ed, ma b f used; 1

beifig no jdis tiiitifon or the gasket aifdfa fre spate 12jbei'n-g provided", the

eaves-caste quickly "remo ed Without'fa nydanger 0f cracking chipping, splintering, orbreaking, eitherthe j'ar or the cover.

3 {R fin ng n'b t #F san 1 h struc'ti'on and action are 3 identical with the friregoi'n'g disclosures-except that portions are preferablyloeated at, 90 apart; they and" 'foefi ger' in the 'inanipulationl of the rnasmueh" as my invention does aw y with ge of "the 'co emi omittedthe W rov-131011"oEf-cut buts or notches 12%. These What I claim is: v I 1. The cornbinationiwithfa preserving jar having a mouth surrounded by a ledge or c-hannel, aI'-1d "ii-{gasket surrounding said mouth and resting on top of said ledge, of a cover having an inner annular depending ridge Whosecrest isadapted to bear on the with; adistinct outer depending ridge, constituting; the outermost edge of the cover,

Whiohis roundedjaild is separated from the v i'iiner' i idge, said outer ridge serving as 'a contactfsur face for the tool or device fulir-w movmg'rthe cover.

With inn r and outer-"ridges or corrugations depend ngfrorn ts lower surface, the Inner Q11 v o'if, he cover and having a rounded part yi ma? and servin gfas a guard for the inner sealing to fol o'r 'device fulcrumed on'the jar for the purposepf"reino'vinglthe'eover.

r11 estimon whereof I aifix rnysignature'.

ridge "and adapted for "engagement by the JAMES H. PAIGE;

upper faceof the gasket and is also"provided 

